And yet—You sha’n’t lie in the street;
I’ll drop you in the river.
Austin Dobson.
NINETY-NINE IN THE SHADE
O FOR a lodge in a garden of cucumbers!
O for an iceberg or two at control!
O for a vale which at mid-day the dew cumbers!
O for a pleasure-trip up to the pole!
O for a little one-story thermometer,